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1131868

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2019
	date	12/06/2019
	date tabled	12/06/2019
	ddp created	12/06/2019 20:21:25
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	ddp modified	12/06/2019 20:35:28 20/06/2019 12:43:01
	hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Working Hours
	house id	1
	identifier	263670
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/06/2019 12:11:25
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what steps he is taking to help ensure that IPSA has sufficient resources to extend its working hours so that (a) telephone calls can be answered during the hours the House sits and (b) responses can be given to emails from MPs within three to five working days.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 263670
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	263670
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>IPSA’s December 2018 user survey found that 68 per cent of MPs and their staff were satisfied with the support that they receive from IPSA on the phone, up from 53 per cent in 2017. Since the introduction of its new online finance and expenses system in April 2019, IPSA has experienced a higher-than-normal volume of calls, with some calls taking up to 45 minutes as MPs and their staff familiarise themselves with the new system. To respond to this increased demand, IPSA has recruited five temporary staff to answer the phone to MPs, and has temporarily closed its phone lines at 4pm in order to respond to the queries raised. IPSA expects to re-open its phone lines until 5pm when this demand subsides.</p><p>IPSA has a key performance target to respond to 90 per cent of emails within five days. In 2018-19, IPSA responded to over 85 per cent of the 54,500 letters and emails that were received within five working days of receipt. In April 2019, following the introduction on the new system, IPSA only replied to 70 per cent of emails within this target. The additional temporary staff will also address this increased demand.</p><p>IPSA’s performance is monitored by the Speaker’s Committee for the IPSA which approves IPSA’s budget and targets, including how it responds to MPs’ queries.</p> question first answered 20/06/2019 12:11:25
	creator	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1131867

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2019
	date	12/06/2019
	date tabled	12/06/2019
	ddp created	12/06/2019 20:21:23
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	ddp modified	12/06/2019 20:35:25 20/06/2019 12:41:02
	hansard heading	Members: Email
	house id	1
	identifier	263669
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/06/2019 12:09:53
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what estimate he has made of the number of emails from hon. Members sent to IPSA in June 2019 that have not received a response within three days; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 263669
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	263669
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>IPSA has a key performance target to respond to 90 per cent of emails within five working days. Between 1 June and 13 June, IPSA responded to 88 per cent of the 563 emails received within this target. IPSA has recently brought in five temporary staff to help improve its response times following the introduction of a new finance, payroll and expenses system in April 2019.</p> question first answered 20/06/2019 12:09:53
	creator	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1131865

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2019
	date	12/06/2019
	date tabled	12/06/2019
	ddp created	12/06/2019 20:21:17
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	ddp modified	12/06/2019 20:35:20 20/06/2019 12:44:01
	hansard heading	Members: Allowances
	house id	1
	identifier	263668
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/06/2019 12:12:33
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the system for reimbursing MPs expenses; and if IPSA will make it its policy to reinstate the previous system for the reimbursement of expenses.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 263668
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	263668
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>IPSA considered a range of options for its new system of reimbursing MPs’ business costs and expenses. The system selected is more integrated and efficient than its predecessor systems, and holds the personal data of MPs and their staff more securely. The software selected is widely used in the United Kingdom, including in many public bodies. Prior to its launch in April, the effectiveness of the system was thoroughly tested, including by MPs and their staff. Its benefits include:</p><p> </p><p>- A ‘single sign-on’ capability to allow MPs and their staff to access the system directly through their secure parliamentary account without an additional logon.</p><p>- MPs and staff no longer need to send paper receipts and invoices to IPSA, but can scan or photograph them and upload them digitally onto the system. This improves data security and means that IPSA can process and reimburse claims more quickly.</p><p>- MPs’ staff members can now be reimbursed directly by IPSA for their own expenses rather than via their MPs.</p><p>- MPs and their staff are now able to amend their personal details, including any change of name or address, on the new system themselves, without needing to submit a form to IPSA.</p><p>- The new system allows claims from different budgets to be submitted on the same form, rather than having to submit multiple forms.</p><p>- MPs and their staff have constant access to financial information about the amounts left in their budgets and the status of any repayments or amounts owed, rather than waiting a monthly financial statement from IPSA.</p><p> </p><p>As of 13 June, 612 MPs have successfully submitted claims on the new system. IPSA is committed to supporting and training MPs and their staff as they become accustomed to the new online claims system. IPSA does not intend to make it its policy to reinstate the previous system.</p> question first answered 20/06/2019 12:12:33
	creator	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1132159

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2019
	date	13/06/2019
	date tabled	13/06/2019
	ddp created	13/06/2019 17:17:22
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	18/06/2019 14:55:05 20/06/2019 14:33:01
	hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
	house id	1
	identifier	264437
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/06/2019 14:01:35
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of cases of forensic manipulation at Randox that resulted in a conviction being overturned; and in how many of those cases had a custodial sentence already been served.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 264437
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	264437
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>There is an ongoing investigation into data manipulation at Randox Testing Services. The Crown Prosecution Service will continue to support this process to ensure that fairness and transparency in the system is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service can only comment on cases that it is responsible for prosecuting. For the cases which it prosecutes, the Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number of cases of forensic manipulation at Randox that resulted in a conviction being overturned or a record of how many of those cases involved a custodial sentence. Such information could only be obtained through a manual search of records which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> question first answered 20/06/2019 14:01:35
	creator	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1132163

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2019
	date	13/06/2019
	date tabled	13/06/2019
	ddp created	13/06/2019 17:17:31
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	13/06/2019 17:34:36 24/06/2019 13:31:02
	hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
	house id	1
	identifier	264479
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/06/2019 12:59:34
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the National Audit Office report Help to Buy: Equity loan scheme published on 12 June 2019, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Help to Buy scheme in supporting less well-off people to purchase property.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 264479
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	264479
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>An independent evaluation of Help to Buy: Equity Loan commissioned by the Government found that that the scheme helped 75 per cent of customers to enter the market.</p><p>Most of the homes purchased through the scheme are made by first-time buyers, so far accounting for 171,053 (81 per cent) of total purchases.</p><p>The scheme helps those who cannot raise a large deposit, with 57 per cent of buyers paying only a 5 per cent deposit to purchase their home.</p><p>56 per cent of households who purchased a home through Help to Buy: Equity Loan have had a total household income of £50,000 or less.</p><p>The Government runs a range of schemes to assist people into home ownership, such as Shared Ownership and Right to Buy.</p><p>The number of completions by band of total household income is set out at Table 7 of the quarterly statistics on Help to Buy: Equity Loan to December 2018:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/798255/HTB_Equity_Loan_statistical_release_Q4_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/798255/HTB_Equity_Loan_statistical_release_Q4_2018.pdf</a></p> question first answered 24/06/2019 12:59:34
	creator	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1132004

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2019
	date	13/06/2019
	date tabled	13/06/2019
	ddp created	13/06/2019 17:10:18
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	13/06/2019 17:25:41 20/06/2019 15:35:03
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Lewisham
	house id	1
	identifier	264442
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/06/2019 15:03:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the per capita funding allocated to Lewisham Council.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 264442
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	264442
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department does not publish per capita funding allocated to local authorities.</p><p>Lewisham Council’s Core Spending Power for 2019-20, including on a per dwelling basis, can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2019-to-2020</a>.</p> question first answered 20/06/2019 15:03:04
	creator	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1132178

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2019
	date	13/06/2019
	date tabled	13/06/2019
	ddp created	13/06/2019 17:18:06
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	13/06/2019 17:35:09 24/06/2019 13:18:05
	hansard heading	Local Government: Tree Preservation Orders
	house id	1
	identifier	264382
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/06/2019 12:46:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have their Tree Preservation Order data available for review online; and if he will write to local authorities that do not to ask what plans they have to put their data online.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 264382
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	264382
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department does not routinely collect information on the employment or qualifications of local authority tree officers; which local authorities have tree or woodland strategies; or which local authorities have their Tree Preservation Order data available for review online</p><p><br> The decision on whether to make this information available is for individual local planning authorities.</p> question first answered 24/06/2019 12:46:17
	creator	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1132177

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2019
	date	13/06/2019
	date tabled	13/06/2019
	ddp created	13/06/2019 17:18:04
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	13/06/2019 17:35:06 24/06/2019 13:18:02
	hansard heading	Local Government: Forests and Trees
	house id	1
	identifier	264381
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/06/2019 12:46:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have trees and woodland strategies.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 264381
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	264381
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department does not routinely collect information on the employment or qualifications of local authority tree officers; which local authorities have tree or woodland strategies; or which local authorities have their Tree Preservation Order data available for review online</p><p><br> The decision on whether to make this information available is for individual local planning authorities.</p> question first answered 24/06/2019 12:46:17
	creator	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1132176

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2019
	date	13/06/2019
	date tabled	13/06/2019
	ddp created	13/06/2019 17:18:01
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	13/06/2019 17:35:04 24/06/2019 13:18:04
	hansard heading	Local Government: Trees
	house id	1
	identifier	264380
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/06/2019 12:46:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of the local authorities in England with statutory duties for street trees have in-house tree officers; and of those officers how many are qualified to at least level 3 diploma in arboriculture or equivalent in a related subject.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 264380
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	264380
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department does not routinely collect information on the employment or qualifications of local authority tree officers; which local authorities have tree or woodland strategies; or which local authorities have their Tree Preservation Order data available for review online</p><p><br> The decision on whether to make this information available is for individual local planning authorities.</p> question first answered 24/06/2019 12:46:17
	creator	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1131862

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2019
	date	12/06/2019
	date tabled	12/06/2019
	ddp created	12/06/2019 20:21:09
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	12/06/2019 20:35:13 19/06/2019 15:11:02
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	identifier	263916
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/06/2019 14:39:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that survivors of domestic abuse who become homeless as a result of that abuse are given priority for settled accommodation and not subject to the vulnerability test.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 263916
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	263916
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. This sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p><p> </p><p>In its first year, our Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI) provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff. This year we have expanded the RSI with investment of £46 million for 246 areas – providing funding for an estimated 2,600 bed spaces and 750 staff.</p><p> </p><p>Ensuring that everyone has a decent, affordable, secure home is a key priority for this government. That is why we have made a commitment to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and end it altogether and why we are committed to preventing people from becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>Underpinning our work on homelessness and rough sleeping is the Homelessness Reduction Act which came into force last April. It is the most ambitious reform to homelessness legislation in decades, requiring local authorities to provide free advice and information about homelessness and the prevention of homelessness. Local authorities must ensure they tailor the advice to meet the needs of particularly vulnerable groups including those who are victims of domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to providing free advice and information, local authorities must now carry out assessments of the housing and support needs of people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness and take reasonable steps to try and prevent or relieve their homelessness. These duties apply irrespective of priority need or intentional homelessness, and the steps the local authority and the applicant are to take must be set out in a personalised housing plan.</p><p> </p><p>Our focus is to ensure that the new prevention and relief duties are being deployed to provide help to all eligible people, including single people who do not have priority need. Existing legislation provides that a person who is pregnant, has dependent children, or is vulnerable as a result of having to leave accommodation due to domestic abuse already has priority need for accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the Homelessness Reduction Act is working for all and that those fleeing violent relationships get the support they need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 19/06/2019 14:39:19
	creator	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan